Sir W. Scott in his Kenilworth has, Like the Devil looking over Lincoln. A correspondent of Notes and Queries, September 10th, 1892, says

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The famous devil that used to overlook Lincoln College, in Oxford, was taken down (Wednesday, September 15th, 1731), having about two years since [previously] lost his head in a storm.Gentlemans Magazine, 1831, p. 402.